Busan: India's Bahadur Singh won the gold medal in the shotput event on the second day of athletics competition at the 14th Asian Games on Tuesday.

Bahadur beat his rivals with a heave of 19.03m. Qatar's S Bilalsaad Mubarak took the silver with 18.98 metres, while India's Shakti Singh took the bronze with an effort of 18.27 metres.

A confusion arose about winner of the bronze medal after the official Games Website gave the third place to Kuwait's Ahmad Gholoum, who also recorded the same distance of 18.27 metres.

PTI